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Divers Ornemens de feuillages en forme de Panneaux a l'Usage de Ceux qui exercent le Dessein

Etching
c. 1670-90 (Printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Title Page. Design for panel of ornament with foliated scrolls and masks, figures and beasts; the third and fifth designs enclose scenes from the life of Hercules in medallions.


Object details

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Object type
TitleDivers Ornemens de feuillages en forme de Panneaux a l'Usage de Ceux qui exercent le Dessein (Series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
Paul Androuet Du Cerceau. Plate from a set of six designs for floral and foliate ornament, etching, Paris, 1670-90.
Physical description
Title Page. Design for panel of ornament with foliated scrolls and masks, figures and beasts; the third and fifth designs enclose scenes from the life of Hercules in medallions.
Dimensions
  • Plate mark height: 18.2cm (Approx.)
  • Plate mark width: 24.7cm (Approx.)
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 87, no. 26.
  • (Berlin I) Berlin Königliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung, Leipzig, 1894, 204.
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatliche Museen, Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, no. 326.4.
  • (IFF) Bibliothèque Nationale, Inventaire du Fonds Français, Paris, 1930 – , vol. 1, no. 12.
  • Coquery, E. (ed). Rinceaux et Figures: l’ornement en France au XVIIe siècle, Paris: Musée du Louvre, 2005, p. 76, fig. 1.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
Collection
Accession number
E.742-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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